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As communities across the United States fight to speak out on contentious political issues, the citizenry needs to know that government-subsidized monopolies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon aren't dictating which website we can access. (Image: EFF/CC BY)
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has made a dangerous proposal to destroy the FCC's net neutrality rules--the very same rules that keep Internet providers like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from choosing which websites you can and can't access and how fast those websites will load. But before he can enact this terrible plan, he has to make the proposal publicly available and accept comments from regular people about how it would affect them. That's where you come in.
"Net neutrality--the right to access all Internet content freely without your Internet provider slowing down or even blocking content at its whim--is fundamental to our democracy."
Today, we're launching a new tool that will help you craft a unique comment to the FCC: DearFCC.org. Using custom-generated text, we help Internet users develop and submit personal comments to the official docket with just two clicks.
We launched a similar tool in 2014 to help users have a voice, and over a million people used DearFCC to speak out. Now we need your help to defend that victory.
Net neutrality--the right to access all Internet content freely without your Internet provider slowing down or even blocking content at its whim--is fundamental to our democracy. As communities across the United States fight to speak out on contentious political issues, the citizenry needs to know that government-subsidized monopolies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon aren't dictating which website we can access. The clear, light-touch rules enacted by the FCC in 2015 are the Internet's best hope for ensuring we have a free and open Internet.
Let's send Chairman Pai a message: this is our Internet and we'll fight to protect it.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has made a dangerous proposal to destroy the FCC's net neutrality rules--the very same rules that keep Internet providers like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from choosing which websites you can and can't access and how fast those websites will load. But before he can enact this terrible plan, he has to make the proposal publicly available and accept comments from regular people about how it would affect them. That's where you come in.
"Net neutrality--the right to access all Internet content freely without your Internet provider slowing down or even blocking content at its whim--is fundamental to our democracy."
Today, we're launching a new tool that will help you craft a unique comment to the FCC: DearFCC.org. Using custom-generated text, we help Internet users develop and submit personal comments to the official docket with just two clicks.
We launched a similar tool in 2014 to help users have a voice, and over a million people used DearFCC to speak out. Now we need your help to defend that victory.
Net neutrality--the right to access all Internet content freely without your Internet provider slowing down or even blocking content at its whim--is fundamental to our democracy. As communities across the United States fight to speak out on contentious political issues, the citizenry needs to know that government-subsidized monopolies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon aren't dictating which website we can access. The clear, light-touch rules enacted by the FCC in 2015 are the Internet's best hope for ensuring we have a free and open Internet.
Let's send Chairman Pai a message: this is our Internet and we'll fight to protect it.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has made a dangerous proposal to destroy the FCC's net neutrality rules--the very same rules that keep Internet providers like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from choosing which websites you can and can't access and how fast those websites will load. But before he can enact this terrible plan, he has to make the proposal publicly available and accept comments from regular people about how it would affect them. That's where you come in.
"Net neutrality--the right to access all Internet content freely without your Internet provider slowing down or even blocking content at its whim--is fundamental to our democracy."
Today, we're launching a new tool that will help you craft a unique comment to the FCC: DearFCC.org. Using custom-generated text, we help Internet users develop and submit personal comments to the official docket with just two clicks.
We launched a similar tool in 2014 to help users have a voice, and over a million people used DearFCC to speak out. Now we need your help to defend that victory.
Net neutrality--the right to access all Internet content freely without your Internet provider slowing down or even blocking content at its whim--is fundamental to our democracy. As communities across the United States fight to speak out on contentious political issues, the citizenry needs to know that government-subsidized monopolies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon aren't dictating which website we can access. The clear, light-touch rules enacted by the FCC in 2015 are the Internet's best hope for ensuring we have a free and open Internet.
Let's send Chairman Pai a message: this is our Internet and we'll fight to protect it.